Now that the sales are in full-swing, it's the best time to treat yourself or restock your wardrobe staples. Of course, with the introduction of tier 4 which sees non-essential retail stores close, we'll be doing much of our sales shopping online, where it’s all too easy to be seduced by those giant red 50 per cent off signs plastered all over the websites. Therefore planning ahead is key to shopping without buyer’s remorse - and without having to queue at the post office with a sack full of returns next week.Years spent working as a shop assistant throughout university and my current role as The Telegraph’s shopping editor mean I’m pretty adept, if I say so myself, at sorting the wheat from the chaff.
